Photos: Spain’s popular bull run festival begins in Pamplona

Jul 11, 2017 09:36 IST

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A runner sprints next to a Puerto de San Lorenzo bull during the third day at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Thousands of tourists flock from all over the world to take part with locals, making San Fermin the most famous of the festivals involving bulls that take place across Spain during the summer months. (Vincent West / REUTERS)

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A wild cow leaps over revelers in the bull ring following the fourth running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival. (Joseba Etxaburu / REUTERS)

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The San Fermin Festival attracts more than a million visitors to the city of Pamplona, in northern Spain, every year, from July 6 to 14. (Alvaro Barrientos / AP)

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A reveller is tossed by a wild cow following the third running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival. (Joseba Etxaburu / REUTERS)

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Revelers dodge a wild cow in the bull ring following at the San Fermin festival. The festival has religious origins, dating back to the Middle Ages. (Eloy Alonso / REUTERS)

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An injured man is taken on a stretcher during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 10, 2017. So far, two people suffered minor injuries but none were gored on Monday on the fourth day of the San Fermin festival where a dozen bulls chase hundreds of people dressed in white with red neckerchiefs through the streets of Pamplona in northern Spain. (Alvaro Barrientos / AP)

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The festival kicks off with a fireworks display known as Chupinazo in front of Pamplona’s city hall, and the next morning the real fun starts. (Vincent West / REUTERS)

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The runs start with the release of a rocket, after which the bulls are released onto the streets, and the ‘mozos’ or runners start running. (ANDER GILLENEA / AFP)

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The route is clearly marked by barricades that keep the animals from escaping into other parts of the city. (Susana Vera / REUTERS)

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The tradition of bull running is connected to Spain’s tradition bull fighting. In earlier years, bulls were kept in a bullpen miles from the city’s bullring where the fights happened. (Vincent West / Reuters)

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A runner is dragged by the horns of a Puerto de San Lorenzo bull at the entrance to the bullring. (Joseba Etxaburu/ REUTERS)

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Thousands of tourists throng from all over the world to take part with locals, making San Fermin the most famous of the festivals involving bull runs that take place across Spain during the summer months.